February 2010 Babies

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Question about when the OB feels belly for position of baby...ugh

dueapril2007 wrote:

So today the new OB i'm seeing (mine is away for a month) checked position of baby (NO CLUE why cause i'm having csection anyways) and OMG it hurt sooooooo bad....he pressed SO hard and i was sooooo worried he was hurting the baby or detaching my placenta (i know i'm weird but ugh)

@dueapril2007 That sounds a bit odd. Usually it doesn't hurt me at all. Is your baby not head down? Mine has been the whole time (at least since they started checking) so maybe that's why it's not hurting.

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Penguin_ar

@dueapril2007 That is a bit weird. It can be a little uncomfortable, but my doctor has done the tummy palpitations since 20 weeks,and also in the last pregnancy, and it never hurt.

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dueapril2007

It's like he couldn't figure out her position and he had to press hard (he was saying baby is protected so it won't hurt baby)but it hurt ME...like he was trying to grab parts of her and just pressing so hard on different parts of belly....has me worried of course now...grr

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Kwoppy

@dueapril2007 I asked my dr yesterday if she'd check his position and she said its still really hard to tell just by feeling because there is still more fluid than baby... maybe thats why he had to push so hard... My dr didn't even end up trying because she said they can still move all around and there's really no concern... also, very strange he checked seeing as you'll be having a c-section. Odd.

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@dueapril2007 OMG!! I thought I was the only one! Yes! He was about to check the baby's heartbeat and as soon as I laid down, I could see the baby through my belly, then doc. takes his whole hand and is like rubbing, rolling my belly, and it was sooooooooooo!!!!! uncomfortable! I hope he doesn't do that ever again! LOL! He could of warned me too! Like " you're going to feel some pressure!" Hello, where was that doc?! Plus, he still was trying to hear the heartbeat on the wrong side, which was the side he was rubbing, rolling, hurting me whatever he was doing! I actually saw on a show that when the baby is in breech position the doc. at some point will try to rotate the baby into the head down postion! I saw how they did it and I know that has to hurt after what my doc. did to me and he was just feeling the position! I actually thought that was what he was about to do and was already freaked out by that thought, mind you! I'm traumatized I tell you! Completely traumatized!

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canadamommy189

I personally feel some discomfort when they feel for baby but I wouldn't say it's painful.

Okay I have a question for you guys:

When your doctor measures your uterus does he pretty much pull down your pants to the point of seeing your vagina? I want to ask him if he just wants me to take my pants off since he pretty much already has at that point. I was measured by a different doctor once and they didn't do that. The just did it over my pants. Did I get a creeper for a GP?

@canadamommy189LOL Your doctor isn't a creeper, mine does it too. He normally doesn't have to pull them down very far. He's been at this a while. I saw his daughter at my last appointment (she is his PA) and she had a student with her that couldn't find ANYTHING. She was totally digging around in lady town, I was quite confused. lol

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